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Topic: New 5D Mark III Firmware Before the End of May [CR2] (Read 51374 times)

ScheduledThere is apparently going to be new 5D Mark III firmware before the end of May. It will address a few bugs, as well as adding some “features”. No mention of what the features might be. It was mentioned there is a possibility of a bug fix firmware update before the “feature” update, a two part strategy if you will.

elusive1

The 5D3 is a pretty capable still camera, but for video when compared to the D800, it lacks several major / almost crucial features - clean HDMI, Crop Modes and true HD. It strange... Canon used to be the video DSLR company, now D800 seems to be taking over in that department, amongst other things.

It seems that some people in this thread are looking at the wrong camera. This camera is designed mainly for still photography, NOT video.

Video is just a small "side bonus" on the 5D3, so don't be so surprised if Canon doesn't give you the features you want. They are saving all the good stuff for the 1DC-line. That is where you should be looking.

It seems that some people in this thread are looking at the wrong camera. This camera is designed mainly for still photography, NOT video.

Video is just a small "side bonus" on the 5D3, so don't be so surprised if Canon doesn't give you the features you want. They are saving all the good stuff for the 1DC-line. That is where you should be looking.

I'm guessing video is a large part of the reason why they stuck with 22 MP, its ISO performance seems to be vastly superior to the D800 from the tests I'v seen.

Perhaps not ideal for feature film/TV work but I'd guess exactly what many event photgraphers want from video performance.

It seems that some people in this thread are looking at the wrong camera. This camera is designed mainly for still photography, NOT video.

Video is just a small "side bonus" on the 5D3, so don't be so surprised if Canon doesn't give you the features you want. They are saving all the good stuff for the 1DC-line. That is where you should be looking.

For video when compared to the D800, it lacks several major / almost crucial features.

Same as with the still photography features.

Alas, it is a shame that most of the missing features can't be added by firmware. Like more resolution, more DR, and spot metering linked to selected AF point. (Just to name a few).

Spot metering linked to selected AF point can be done, I think. Evaluative metering is linked to selected AF point.

Also, regarding of DR I remember now Nikon D80. In its initial release there were an awful noise at high ISOs. But later they corrected that through firmware.

Ok, I don't think that they can do wonders, but I know that they can tweak the DiGIC registers in order to obtain better Dynamic Range:

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The surprise comes from a little ISO test, which shows that ML canimprove dynamic range and highlight rolloff in movie mode (seeattached files). How much? Let's find the answer together by running alittle experiment.

Before putting my wishlist, I think that's quite important to understand that we must give as much feedback as possible (in quantity and quality) in order to make from 5DMk3 the best camera around. And I know that this is possible because the best camera is the one which will allow us to take the best shots not the one which looks best on paper.

Look at PC / Win vs Mac. Wins the one which helps you better to get your job done.I can easily prove that "Linux is better" (no flamewars please - thank you). But how many of us have Linux on our computer?

We need to make from 5DMk3 the tool which fits our needs. And for this we must communicate our needs firstly not mainly our solutions. Think outside the box. Sometimes helps.

1. improved Auto-ISO function! Primarily adding exposure correction for "M" mode on Auto-ISO. That would be really easy to fix in firmware and make Auto-ISO a lot more useful.

2. red illuminated AF-point/s also in AI-Servo mode. I guess that one will definitely be on the list.

3. I don't ever use video at all. I would therefore like to get a 5D III with all video + related features completely disabled in firmware, with the sole exception of LiveView. Sold at a substantially discounted price - less than a Nikon D800. Lets say € 2.500 ... and I'll immediately buy one! :-)

Video is just a small "side bonus" on the 5D3, so don't be so surprised if Canon doesn't give you the features you want. They are saving all the good stuff for the 1DC-line. That is where you should be looking.

bkorcel

I would like to see some optimizations that would extend battey life. BG-E11 will help. But the battery life could use some improvement. There are a lot of bells and whistles to power on this model...and the addition of lighted focus points in servo mode wont help. Hope that is configurable when it's fixed.

Id also like to see the annoying problem of having the camera switch the default card when a card is removed (EVEN WHEN THE POWER IS OFF!). Very annoying to have to reset that. The default card should remain the default card unless it's powered on with one of the cards missing.

Makes me think maybe we have a battery drain issue when powered off if the camera can detect that cards have been removed and re-inserted.

I would like to see some optimizations that would extend battey life. BG-E11 will help. But the battery life could use some improvement. There are a lot of bells and whistles to power on this model...and the addition of lighted focus points in servo mode wont help. Hope that is configurable when it's fixed.

Id also like to see the annoying problem of having the camera switch the default card when a card is removed (EVEN WHEN THE POWER IS OFF!). Very annoying to have to reset that. The default card should remain the default card unless it's powered on with one of the cards missing.

Makes me think maybe we have a battery drain issue when powered off if the camera can detect that cards have been removed and re-inserted.

How many images do you get pr charge? I get 900 on a battery that is missing one of the three green squares, showing battery capacity. That's in fact double what I had with the same battery on the 5d2.